Regional Origins of Employment Volatility: Evidence from German States

Claudia Buch and Martin Schlotter

No 2296, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: Openness for trade can have positive welfare effects in terms of higher growth. But increased openness may also increase uncertainty through a higher volatility of employment. We use regional data from Germany to test whether openness for trade has an impact on volatility. We find a downward trend in the unconditional volatility of employment, which has been interrupted by the re-unification period. Patterns are similar to those for output volatility. The conditional volatility of employment, measuring idiosyncratic developments across states, in contrast, has remained fairly unchanged. In contrast to evidence for the US, we do not find evidence for a significant link between employment volatility and trade openness.

Keywords: employment volatility; trade openness; regional labour markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 F41 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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